Vehicle body and frame.



PATENTED OCT. 22, 1907 V. G. APPLE. VEHICLE BODY AND FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.12, 1904.

enif A 17,2756

and dumhlc. and my invcntion further has in vicw to VINCENT o. APrLn, or

No. Booms.

To all who, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, tiiwnxwr Sunni-tn, ()iDt'l-YEOH, in the coun y i lilouhgumory and Shite ol Ohio, have invented "r rtttin new and useful improvements in Vr-hibh liodit-s and l nnonond I herchy declare lhut in: loilowing is :1- full, clear, and exact description lhrr ii, rm" rcnce being had to the accompanying drawings, whir'h i'orin part oi this spcoificution.

My ii'ivcntion lliLS [or its prinmry'ohject to provide mi improved t'hicle body which will be light, strong,

provide u ronihinution vchirlo hotly and frame, of which tho members are inscpumhly ussooiittcd and which will he particularly adapted for automobile pun poses. t

in tho d 'ings, in till the figures whereof like numcruls ot' ri-h-roncc indicate like parts; l igurcv l is it longitiuliuul \erticul section of on automobile body, constructed in z1(,( tlltl:ttl(.'\'. with my invention, titlccn on line l--' i of Fig. .2. Fig. 2 is it section on line 2--2 of Fig. I. Fig. 3 is it section on line 3--Ii of Fig. 1; Figs: l and u Etlt dot-ails i-nlztrgcd of top and bottom cdgos of tho hody and t'rume, as illustmtwl in Fig. l. l ig. (5 is :11! col-urged (ltllLll.

My iulplm'cd \llllt'ltj body is made of nu-tul, preferably aluminium, rust in a single more, protein-lily un' ilcr high prossuro. 'll u cdgcs of tin hotly are reintort-ed, prcl ruhly with ll lnirdcr luctul, such as stecl, the cdgos, to this end, [wing preferably t'lud with :L stool erovoriu y. 'lhv ri-infort-ing purt ol' the lower cdgc is pltitl'ltlllji' of up lropriuto diint-nsious and shape to f rm the l'runoof the 't'ohir'lo, 11nd the (more is prel'r-n nl ly so int iruntrly united with tho sol'tor uioiul of the hotly duri the opcrutiou ot' rusting thc lutlor that thoir ('onnwttou is iuscpurztlil I Referring now spm-iiicully to the construction shown in tlu-tlrmriug s, A imlicntt-s gcnorully the vt-hirlc hotly, illustrated :t on uutoutohilc touut-uu, which obviously only ho oi on suituhlc slui itl'or un'y use to which it may ho put I A ll indicati n thc i'rumc'mcmhcr, which also rousth tulcs u H-inl rt'ing purl. tor the ltlWt'l (duo ol tin hotly. lhttrumc lltiltllltl i is nrclt-rulily composed of u hollow stool strut-lure, t-lost-d, or suhsluulinlly ('loscd, on throv sitlos, :tntl at its top having its l l"fi turned inward and rlou'znrurd itr :11 I) hto louvrtln-roliotvxt'cii nu o u-niug t3, prci'cnthly uninlcrrupii-d throughout liulcugth oi th trauma mcmlior. in tho formation of tho z-omliiuwl hotly und l'rutnc this hollow l'nuurmoniher is llllltl nilh mott-riul of which tlnhotly is com iosctl during the rusting ol' the boil so lint! thou-is [omit-ti Ihorr in u Imso u corn-sounding in shupc with tlnhilt-riot t' tluironic lnctulu-r, and intog'rzll y con-- nwlwl nifh the upwardly cxtcndiug \\'ch 11" which l ;.;rtln-r with the proprrly shunt-d ltmwt' portion (1"- :itnl FIlilIl-illl st rt-ligtht-ning rihs u t'oustiluli' tho h tly VEHIGLE ison'r Ann Specification of Letters, Patent.

Application filed September 12, 190 i. Snriibl Np- 224,195.

orr ron.

DA YTON, OHIO.

thril Patented Get. 22, lost.-

portion A. As shown in Fig. 6 such. ribs a as extend.

down. to the imine member b may either rest thereon as shown to the right in Fig. l, or may be bonded,

through suitable slots b made in the member B with the intorior aluminium hose a as shown in; the left of Fig. (i. I l

It "will he apparent that the intimate association of the body'hnse u. and tho lrttnieiniemberB is advantagoons to both the body and iutme structure, its-the filling of soft metal-within the frhmo nloinhor 13 makes the hitter exceedingly strong, and enzibles a. relatively light l'riiune structure to strongly resist fracture, while the lower edge or bzise oi the body structure, being clad with the steel of the frame, is protected against dorm age by blows and is adapted for the recoption of bolts, and like connoctimis for securing thereto the appurtenant parts of the vehicle when completed. It will also he 11 pparcnt that the irmnc may he made of sheet metttl and the construction thereby rhoztpenod.

At its upper edgothe superst-ructurc oithc vehicle body is prcl'crahly also (laid with sheet metal, the body living provided with a hood a filling u properly shaped tubular reinforcing member open as n; 0 along its lower edge.

In constructing a vehicle hotly as above specifically dcscrilu-d the ll'ttllK member '5 is placed in the bottom of a suituhlrmold und the properly shaped reinforcing strurture plum-d in the top thereof, each of said herd metal mcmhcrs lid/Yin}; its open edge toward the interior oi the mold. ow the zilulnininm in a molten c0 dition is rust in the mold under high pressure, bodice thorcof Doing forced intothc hollow reinforcing momhcrs and thereby intimately and insepuruhly connected therewith, such masses of aluminium being integral pin-ts of tho said body structure.

\Yhilo I prvicr that the reinforcing members at the odgcs of the hotly should he hollow and surround masses of the softer hodyoimtcrial, it will be apparent that the roin'i'orcing structures might be surrounded by the body material wi ill some of the advantages incident to the present lorm, and While I prefer thut the rein forcing member for the lower edge of the body shall constitute the 'rame member, it will also be apparent that rciniorrt'mcnt might be employed independently of the hnme, und tho i'rmue sopiirztbly connected with tho hotly. l urther, while l prefer that till parts of the body which in tho complete structure are fixed in re lution to cur-h other, shall lie oust in one piece, it will he apparent that tho souls and other ports might be scpzuntcly nnido without depurturc from the spirit of my invention, and that a. plurul-pioce construction might. rl-iuiily he miulo muhodying some of the adv-untugos of my invention without dcpzu'ting from the touchings thereof.

it will also he iippztrcnt thut other slight clmnges might ho nnulc in tho spol'ilic cmhodinu-nt of my invention, and I do not lcsire to be understood as limiting myscli to the specific construction herein shown and described iurther than as specified in the claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, of the United States,

is'. I

1 As'an article or manufacture. a cast aluminium vchicle body having edges reinforced of a harder metal inseparably connected therewith in casting.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cast aluminium vehicle body having its edges clad with hollow reinforcing melnbers of a harder metal inseparably connected with the aluminium during the casting operation.

As an article of manufacture, a passenger vehicle structure comprising a frame of hard metal for supporting a vehicle body, and a body composed of metal, cast in inseparable relation with and in superposed relation on the preexistent frame, to form therewith a unit.

4. As an article of manufacture, a structure comprising a steel frame for supporting a vehicle body, and an alumi nium body, cast in inseparable association with and in superposed relation on the frame, to form therewith a unit 5. As an article of manufacture, a unitary vehicle body and frame. consisting of a hollow frame member having 'an opening therein and an aluminium body integrally cast with a "base portion filling the frame and bonding, with the upper portion of the body through the opening in the frame.

-6. As an article of manufacture, a vehicle structure comprising a hollow metal frame having an opening along its upper side and body of aluminium cast under pressure filling said hollow frame and projecting from said opening,

the projecting: portion of the aluminium being shaped to' constitute a vehicle body.

7. As an article of manufacture, a vehicle structure comprising two hollow reinforcing members shaped to conform with the opposite edges of a vehicle body, said reinforcing mombers having; openings along their confronting sides. and a body of aluminium cast under pressure filling said hollow reinforcing members and projecting through the opening: to integrally bond with the uncovered portion of the body.

3. As an article of manufacture, a vehicle structure comprising a hollow reinforcing member shaped to conform with one edge of an automobile body and having an opening therein. and a metal body integrally cast with a portion filling the reiui'orciv member and bonding with the rcumininc, portion of the body through the opening therein.

1). As an article oi manufacture, a vehicle structure mmprising reinforcing parts of hard metal shaped to conform with the opposite edges of a vehicle body and having apertures therein, and a body of aluminium cast in permanent inseparable association with the reinforcing parts and bonding therewith through the apemures therein.

ill. As an article of manufacture, -a vehicle body com 'prisin, a reinforcing structure, shaped to conform with one edge or the body and having an opening therein. and a metal body cast with a portion extending through the opening in the reinforcing structure to effect a permanent union between said body and the reinforcing structure.

In testimony that'l claim the foregoing as my own, i aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VINCENT G. APPLE.

In presence of L. M. ARNOLD,

N. H. Kunnunnu. 

